International
London Mayor declares major incident over COVID hospital pressure
LONDON (Reuters) - Mayor of London Sadiq Khan declared a major incident in the British capital on Friday, saying hospitals...
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No diplomatic ties to Qatar yet, but trade, travel resuming, says UAE
DUBAI (Reuters) - Arab states boycotting Qatar could resume travel and trade links with Doha within a week under a...
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Cabinet Secretaries Chao, DeVos Resign, Citing Trump-Fueled Violence on Capitol Hill
U.S. President Donald Trump’s transportation secretary, Elaine Chao, announced her resignation Thursday, the first Cabinet secretary to resign because of...
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White House condemns unrest at Capitol, calls for violators to be prosecuted
Washington, Jan. 8, 2020 - The White House has condemned the violent unrest that took place on Capitol Hill on...
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Brazil to purchase 100m doses of Sinovac vaccine in 2021 – official
Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 8, 2020 – The Brazilian government will acquire 100 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed...
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City neighbouring Beijing in partial lockdown as China battles new spike in Covid-19 infections
BEIJING - China has partially sealed off the city of Shijiazhuang in northern Hebei province, after the province reported 63...
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NYSE to ignore Trump ban on Chinese telecom companies
In an astonishing about-face, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has decided to buck the executive order of U.S. President...
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Democrats takeover of U.S. Senate prompts share-buying in Japan and Oz
The news surprisingly was not greeted so well in China where the Shanghai Composite and Hang Seng both fell.The Nikkei...
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German vaccine developer, CureVac forms partnership with Bayer
Berlin, Jan. 7, 2020 - Pharmaceutical giant Bayer has joined forces with German firm CureVac to develop and supply a...
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4 die, 52 arrests made after Trump supporters storm U.S. Capitol
Washington, Jan. 7, 2021 - Four people died and 52 were arrested after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the...
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